Agenda Released for the 11th annual conference on Asthma and COPD

LONDON - Nov. 28, 2014 - PRLog -- SMi Group has been at the forefront of respiratory conferences for over a decade and are thrilled to announce that registration is now live to attend the 11th annual conference, Asthma & COPD, taking place on 13th & 14th April 2015 in Central London.

The event will ask questions such as: How is severe asthma in children pathophysiologically different to the adult disease? Is airway remodelling dependent on inflammation? What value can patient charities bring to multi-partner collaborations? What are the drug development challenges associated with inhaled and intranasal antivirals? What are the key areas of unmet clinical needs for COPD clinical care?

Key speakers will include:

·         Sebastian Johnston, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London

·         Robert Niven, Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, Manchester University

·         Neil C Thomson, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Glasgow

·         Joseph Arron, Associate Director, Biomarker Discovery, Genentech

·         Dirk Smith, Scientific Director, Amgen

·         Roland Kolbeck, Senior Director, Respiratory, Inflammation & Autoimmunity, MedImmune

·         Hector Ortega, Medical Director, Respiratory R&D, GSK

·         Maria Buxton, Consultant Respiratory Physiotherapist, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

Asthma and COPD 2015 will aim to provide delegates with a range of key perspectives in the future of inhaled devices, personalised therapy, patient stratification, biomarkers and clinical trial endpoints and an update on mechanisms and treatment for viral induced COPD and asthma exacerbations.

For those who are interested in attending, a £400 discount is currently available online at www.asthma-copd.co.uk


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